LLYWELYN ap GUTUN (ap IEUAN LYDAN according to Pen. MS. 112), (fl. c. 1480), poet.
A number of his poems remain in MSS., including an elegy composed to his son Gruffudd, ‘begging’ poems requesting a dog, some goats, and spectacles, a satire or lampoon addressed to the dean of Bangor (who had instructed Huw Lewis, Y Chwaen, to imprison the poet, rather than allow him to make a ‘begging’ journey or cymortha in Bodeon and Aberdaron), and another satire to dean Richard Kyffin, Rhys Pennardd, Hywel ap Rheinallt, and Lewis Môn. Ymrysonau, or bardic controversies, occurred between him and the following poets: D. Llwyd of Mathafarn, Guto'r Glyn, Lewys Môn, and Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Rhys Llwyd.
Bibliography:
- Jones and Lewis, Mynegai;
- Brogyntyn MSS. 1, 2, 4, 6;
- Cwrtmawr MSS. 129, 200, 243, 244;
- Esgair MSS. 10, 12;
- Glyn Davies MS. 2;
- Gwysaney MS. 25;
- N.L.W. MSS. 255, 552, 644, 727, 834, 3288, 5269, 5272;
- Sotheby MS. C. 2;
- Wynnstay MS. 2;
- Henry Lewis, ‘Ymrysonau Dafydd Llwyd a Llywelyn ap Gutun,’ in B.B.C.S., iv;
- Blackwell;
- J. Davies, Dictionarium Duplex;
- Em. W.;
- W. J. Gruffydd, Llên Cymru, 1450-1600, 40;
- Ifor Williams, and J. Llywelyn Williams, G.G.G..
Author:
Miss Ray Looker, (Mrs Ray Morgan), Cardiff / Rhymni
